The Ship

by Brian Eno

The Ship cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 29 April 2016
  • Label: Warp
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 47:31
  • Community rating: 3.46/5 from 9 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Originally conceived as a multi-channel sound installation, the legendary producer's twenty-fifth solo album explores themes surrounding the sinking of the Titanic and the First World War. The record features a sprawling, 21-minute ambient title track and prominently utilizes Eno's own resonant vocals, heavily pitched down. It concludes with a breathtaking, deeply atmospheric cover of The Velvet Underground's 'I'm Set Free'.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, ambient, minimal, experimental, long-form, droning, vocal, conceptual

Tracklist

  1. The Ship (21:19)
  2. Fickle Sun (i) (18:03)
  3. Fickle Sun (ii) The Hour Is Thin (2:50)
  4. Fickle Sun (iii) I'm Set Free (5:18)

Credits

  • Nuria Homs - voice [catalan]
  • The Elgin Marvels - voice [siren voices]

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